Videos

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified about the president’s health care proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care task force responsible for the design of the proposal. Fol…

Representative Matsui talked about books that inspired him.

On the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, party officials, elected representatives, and delegates approved the party platform and talked about the Democratic par…

Rep. Matsui talked about his internment as an American-Japanese during World War II. He and Professor Oye talked about internment policy in the context of the war on terrorism today and answ…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their agenda for the lame-duck session of Congress, the makeup of the 109th Congress, and the results of the 2004 elections. They also answered qu…

Representatives Pelosi and Matsui spoke with reporters about the election results. They acknowledged the Democrats losses in the U.S. House of Representatives and spoke about the success of …

Representatives from the Democratic and Republican Parties spoke about their respective groups' congressional campaign activities. They discussed their parties' policies and legislative acco…

Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Matsui discussed the upcoming congressional elections, and both expressed optimism. Both noted that the expected closeness of the presidential race makes it difficult fo…

In the first part of the opening session of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Democratic lawmakers and convention officials conducted convention business such as credentialing de…

The committee worked on a markup of corporate tax legislation. This program is incomplete.

Witnesses testified about a recent report on Social Security and Medicare trust funds. They focused on cost estimates for prescription drug benefits and miscalculations of the costs prior to…

Officials testified about an annual report from the Board of Trustees on Social Security and Medicare and its predictions about the programs' insolvency. Mr. Foster also talked about his cos…

Secretary Snow testified about President Bush’s fiscal year 2005 federal budget proposal. He was questioned about unemployment, veterans' benefits, tax cuts, the Medicare Trust Fund, the Ira…

Committee members discussed proposed Medicare reforms including those to add prescription drug benefits for seniors. They also debated and voted on changes to the legislation. This was a …